flathe

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English flathe (“flatcake, flat fish”), from Old English *flaþa ("flatcake"; found only in compound flæþecomb, fleþecomb (“weaver's comb”)), from Proto-Germanic *flaþô (“flatcake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂t- (“broad, flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to spread out, be broad, be flat”). Cognate with Dutch vla, vlade (“baked custard, pancake”), Middle Low German vlade (“flatcake”), German Fladen (“a flatcake, cowpatty”). Related to flan.

Noun

flathe (plural flathes)

  1. Flan.
  2. (dialectal) A ray or skate.
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